Wednesday, December 3
Seattle, Wash.
8:00 p.m. PT
University of Washington
vs
UCLA
Big Ten Play Looms As UCLA Visits Hec Ed Wednesday Night
December 02, 2025 | Men's Basketball
SEATTLE – Taking a brief, two-game break from non-conference action, the Washington men's basketball team will begin Big Ten play on Wednesday, hosting UCLA at Alaska Airlines Arena for an 8:00 p.m. PT tip.
The first 200 students in attendance will receive a free Big Dawg t-shirt. Additionally, a photo station will be located in the councourse by Section 6, featuring Dubs and Humpy from the Seattle Mariners.
Wednesday's Big Ten opener will air on the Big Ten Network. Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton will have the radio call on 93.3 KJR-FM. Links to live stats are available at HuskyStats.com.
OPENING TIPS
» UW opens up Big Ten play with two games this week against the league's two LA-based schools
» Washington dropped both games to UCLA and are 1-11 in the last 12 meetings with the Bruins
» The Huskies are looking to snap a streak of six straight losses in conference openers
» Wednesday's game will be the first true road game of the season for UCLA
» UW is coming off of a second place finish at the Acrisure Holiday Classic, falling to Colorado 81-68 on Saturday
» Saturday's game was the first game all season in which the Huskies were out-rebounded by their opponent
» Quimari Peterson poured in a season-high 18 points in the losing effort
» Saturday's game marked the third-straight without Hannes Steinbach and the fourth without Bryson Tucker
» JJ Mandaquit averaged 6.0 assists per game during the tournament, committing just a pair of turnovers over the two games
ABOUT UCLA
» Mick Cronin is in his seventh season as the head coach at UCLA
» Cronin has guided 15 teams to NCAA Tournament bids, including in 4-of-7 seasons in Westwood
» The Bruins enter Wednesday's contest with a 5-2 record, receiving votes in both the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches Poll
» Wednesday's game will be UCLA's first true road game of the season
» The Bruins are coming off of an 80-72 loss to Cal on Tuesday at Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors
» UCLA owns the fourth-best scoring defense in the Big Ten, allowing opponents to score an average of 63.1 points per game, ranking 20th in the nation
» Senior forward Tyler Bilodeau leads a group of six players averaging double figure scoring, coming in at 14.8 points per game
» 2024-25 Mountain West Player of the Year Donovan Dent is averaging 6.7 assists per game to lead the Bruins and rank third in the Big Ten
» Juniors Eric Dailey Jr. and Xavier Booker pace UCLA at 5.5 and 5.4 rebounds per game, respectively
SERIES HISTORY - UCLA
» UCLA leads the all-time series with Washington 110-44, icluding 39-35 in Seattle
» Washington snapped a nine-game losing streak to UCLA in 2024 with a 94-77 victory at Alaska Airlines Arena
» Since 2010, Washington is 8-20 against the Bruins
OPENING UP
» Washington is 12-14 in conference openers, including 3-7 over the last 10
» The Huskies have opened conference play with a loss in six-straight seasons
» UW last opened league play with a win in 2018-19, an 85-67 home win over Washington state
» In its history, Washington has played 29 conference games in the month of December, posting an 11-18 record in those games
BREAK OUT THE WINDEX
» The Huskies have outrebounded six of their first seven opponents this season, despite playing without leading rebounder Hannes Steinbach for the last three games
» UW ranks fourth in the Big Ten in rebounds per game and third in offensive rebounds per game
» UW's 43.67 rebounds per game rank 21st in the nation
CAN'T CATCH A BREAK
» Through seven games, five different UW players have combined to miss 24 games due to injury
» Washington has implemented five different starting lineups this season
OUR STATE
» Washington picked up its third straight win over Washington State on Friday, defeating the Cougars 81-69 for a second consecutive win in Pullman
» UW improved to 11-2 in its last 13 games against in-state teams duringnon-conference play
» Wesley Yates III scored 26 points, the most by a Husky this season
» Yates knocked down four three pointers, tying the season-high for UW, and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds
» Making his first start of 2025-26, Zoom Diallo tied his career-high with 20 points
» Hannes Steinbach secured his third straight double double, grabbing 13 rebounds and adding 14 points
LIKE CLOCKWORK
» Hannes Steinbach is the first Husky to record a double double in three straight games since Keion Brooks Jr. during the 2022-23 season
» Steinbach is one of 65 players in the nation with three or more double doubles, one of eight in the Big Ten
LETTING IT FLY
» Quimari Peterson is fourth in the Big Ten with 53 total three point attempts
» The senior has attempted at least seven shots behind the arc in 6-of-7 of UW's games
» Peterson has knocked down at least three threes in 5-of-7 games
» As a team, UW has attempted at least 20 threes in 5-of-7 games
» The Huskies have launched 25 three pointers twice this season, a mark reached just twice during the entire 2024-25 season
EVERYBODY EATS
» A full-team effort led Washington to a 2-0 start with an 84-70 win over Denver
» Seven Huskies scored in double figures for the first time since 2010, when UW defeated Long Beach State 102-75 in Seattle
» Hannes Steinbach led the Dawgs with 13 points and 16 rebounds, becoming the first Husky freshman to post a double double since Isiah Stewart in 2019-20
» Wesley Yates III matched Steinbach to lead UW in scoring with 13 points, knocking down 6-of-7 two-point attempts
» Bryson Tucker converted a career-high three three pointers, while Quimari Peterson also sunk three attempts from behind the arc
» UW assisted on 19-of-33 field goals, led by JJ Mandaquit's seven assists
STATEMENT START
» Washington opened the 2025-26 season with a 94-50 victory over UAPB
» It was UW's first 40+ point victory since 2017, when the Huskies defeated Bethune-Cookman by 51, 106-55
» The victory marked Washington's first 40+ point win in a season opener since 2007 and UW's 44-point margin of victory was its largest in an opener since defeating Morgan State 118-51 (67 points) on Nov. 13, 2005
» Monday's win was UW's fourth-straight to open a season
» A year after opening the season with just two makes from three, the Huskies knocked down 10 makes from behind the arc, led by four from Quimari Peterson
» UW held UAPB to a .254 field goal percentage, the worst shooting performance by a Husky opponent since USC shot .200 from the field on Jan. 2, 2020
» True freshman Hannes Steinbach led the Huskies in his college debut with 21 on 9-of-11 shooting, adding seven rebounds
» In his first-ever college start, Bryson Tucker posted his first career double double with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds
» Point guard JJ Mandaquit dished out eight assists in his college debut
BAND'S BACK TOGETHER
» 2025-26 sees the return of a pair of former Huskies in cousins Wesley Yates III and Quincy Pondexter
» A top-40 recruit out of high school, Yates signed with UW ahead of the 2023-24 season, sitting out the campaign due to injury
» Yates, who played last season at USC, was one of the Big Ten's top scorers during conference play with averages of 17.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists
» Pondexter, a three-year assistant at UW, spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach for Yates and the Trojans, returning to his alma mater this summer
» An eight-year NBA veteran, Pondexter was an All-Pac-10 and Honorable Mention All-American for the Dawgs, ranking fifth all-time in scoring
» Pondexter led Washington to the 2009 Pac-10 Regular Season Championship and the 2010 Pac-10 Tournament Title, the latter of which he captured with fellow UW staffer Abdul Gaddy
NEW LOOK DAWGS
» Washington returns just two players from the 2024-25 roster in Zoom Diallo and Franck Kepnang
» Diallo appeared in all 31 games, including 22 starts and ranked second among all Huskies in points (11.2) and assists (3.1) per game during Big Ten play
» Kepnang missed a string of 17 games due to injury, starting the final eight contests of the season
PORTAL HOPPING
» UW revamped its roster with one of the most heralded transfer classes in the nation, ranking as the No. 3 class by On3.com
» Three of UW's transfers are ranked in the top-100 in the class, including two inside the top-30 in Wesley Yates III (24th, 247Sports) and Desmond Claude (29th, On3.com)
» Claude and Yates were the two leading scorers at Big Ten foe USC a season ago
» Quimari Peterson was ranked at No. 73 in the class by 247Sports
» Washington's transfer class was ranked No. 8 in the nation by HoopsHQ, while ESPN rated UW as the No. 5 team that added the most talent in the transfer portal
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
» The Dawgs also bolstered its squad with a nationally heralded freshman recruiting class
» UW's class was ranked as the 15th-best in the nation by 247Sports, the top class in the Big Ten
» UW's class was also ranked No. 21 by On3 and No. 25 by ESPN
» Per 247Sports, Washington added four four-star true freshmen
» Hannes Steinbach was rated as UW's top-signee with a rating of 97, but was not included in 247Sports' national player rankings
» JJ Mandaquit was ranked as the No. 74 player in the class, the No. 10 PG
» Jasir Rencher was ranked as the No. 90 player in the class, the No. 24 SF
» Courtland Muldrew was ranked as the No. 103 player in the class, the No. 18 SG
» Mady Traore was rated as a three-star, the No. 5 ranked JUCO player in the nation
CREAM OF THE CROP
» Washington is one of three teams in the nation featuring multiple players that were named their conference's player of the year, joining Big Ten rival Iowa and Kansas State
» Quimari Peterson reeled in Southern Conference Player of the Year Laurels, leading the conference in points, points per game, field goals, steals, steals per game and three-point field goal percentage
» The 6-1 guard was named a Finalist for the 2025 Lou Henson Award
» Peterson reached double-figure scoring in 31-of-32 games, including 15 20+ point outings
» Jacob Ognacevic was tabbed the ASUN Player of the Year after leading the league and ranking 19th in the nation in scoring at 20.0 points per game
» Ognacevic was efficient too, shooting 57.5 percent from the field, the 25th best average in the country
» The Wisconsin native also pulled down 8.0 rebounds per game, 4th in the ASUN
» Ognacevic will be sidelined indefinitely with a foot injury sustained during the preseason
TAKING THE WORLD STAGE
» A pair of freshman Huskies battled it out on the world stage this summer at the 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup as JJ Mandaquit and Hannes Steinbach battled it out in the Gold Medal game
» Mandaquit and Team USA captured the Gold, with the Hawaii native averaging 5.4 assists per game, 12.8 per 40 minutes
» In the Gold Medal game, Mandaquit led Team USA with six assists, adding seven points on 3-of-4 shooting
» The McDonald's All-America nominee shot 44.4 percent from the field, including 6-of-10 from behind the arc, knocking down all 13 free throw attempts
» Steinbach was one of the standouts of the tournament, leading Germany to Silver and earning All-Star Five honors
» The Würzburg native scored 17.4 points per game, the eight highest average of the tournament
» Steinbach pulled down 13.0 rebounds per game, second most at the World Cup
» Steinbach finished with four double doubles over seven games, including 19 points and 19 rebounds in the opener against Slovenia
» Against Serbia in the Round of 16, Steinbach dropped in seven field goals and nine free throws for 23 points, while reeling in 19 boards
DEUTSCH CONNECTION
» Hannes Steinbach is the latest in a German pipeline to Montlake
» Christian Welp, a native of Delmenhorst, West Germany, is UW's all-time leading scorer with 2,073 points
» Welp was a three-time All-Pac-10 selection ('85, '86, '87)
» Welp was named the 1984 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and 1986 Pac-10 Player of the Year
» Welp was drafted No. 16 overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1987 NBA Draft
» Welp played three seasons between the 76ers, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors before seeing his NBA career cut short due to injury
» A teammate of Welp's for two seasons, Detlef Schrempf moved to Centralia, Washington, from Leverkusen, West Germany, for one season before joining the Huskies
» Schrempf ranks 18th all-time in scoring at Washington with 1,449 points
» Schrempf was a two-time First Team All-Pac-10 honoree ('84, '85)
» Schrempf was named a Third Team All-American by the NABC in 1985
» Schrempf was drafted No. 8 overall in the 1985 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks
» Schrempf enjoyed a 17-year NBA career with the Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Seattle Supersonics and Portland Trailblazers
» Schrempf earned three NBA All-Star selections ('93, '95, '97), was tabbed Third Team All-NBA in 1995 and won back-to-back Sixth Man of the Year Awards in 1991 and 1992
» Welp and Schrempf won back-to-back Pac-10 Championships with the Huskies in 1984 and 1985
» Schrempf was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 1995, while Welp followed in 2001
» Washington recently announced that Welp and Schrempf's jersey numbers will be retired on Jan. 11 and Feb. 28, respectively
MONTLAKE MAGIC
» Over the last 20 seasons, Washington is 242-95 (.718) at Alaska Airlines Arena
» The Huskies have posted a winning record at home in 17 of those 20 seasons, registering double-digit home wins 16 times
» UW has posted at least a .600 home record in 13 of the past 20 seasons
» Washington has won at least 80% of its home games eight times over the last 20 seasons, including 90% or more three times
SPRINKLE ON TOP
» Danny Sprinkle has led his team to 25 or more wins in three of the last four seasons, guiding three-consecutive teams to NCAA Tournament appearancesbetween Utah State and Montana State
» Sprinkle has twice been named his conferences coach of the year, earning the 2023-24 honor from the Mountain West and 2021-22 award from the Big Sky
» Sprinkle led Utah State to its first NCAA Tournament win since 2001
» Montana State's ninth-leading scorer all-time, Sprinkle led his alma mater to its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1996 (2022 & 2023)
» An MSU Hall of Fame inductee in 2021, Sprinkle led the Bobcats to consecutive 25+ win seasons for the first time since 1927-29
Meant for Montlake is officially live! Catch the first five episodes of this deep dive podcast into the serendipitous, intertwining stories that brought this season's Washington team together. Brought to you by the voice of the Huskies, Tony Castricone, and presented by Colburn Law, Meant for Montlake is available at GoHuskies.com/MeantForMontlake or wherever you get your podcasts.
Follow @UW_MBB on X/Twitter and Instagram for the latest updates on Husky basketball.
The first 200 students in attendance will receive a free Big Dawg t-shirt. Additionally, a photo station will be located in the councourse by Section 6, featuring Dubs and Humpy from the Seattle Mariners.
Wednesday's Big Ten opener will air on the Big Ten Network. Tony Castricone and Jason Hamilton will have the radio call on 93.3 KJR-FM. Links to live stats are available at HuskyStats.com.
OPENING TIPS
» UW opens up Big Ten play with two games this week against the league's two LA-based schools
» Washington dropped both games to UCLA and are 1-11 in the last 12 meetings with the Bruins
» The Huskies are looking to snap a streak of six straight losses in conference openers
» Wednesday's game will be the first true road game of the season for UCLA
» UW is coming off of a second place finish at the Acrisure Holiday Classic, falling to Colorado 81-68 on Saturday
» Saturday's game was the first game all season in which the Huskies were out-rebounded by their opponent
» Quimari Peterson poured in a season-high 18 points in the losing effort
» Saturday's game marked the third-straight without Hannes Steinbach and the fourth without Bryson Tucker
» JJ Mandaquit averaged 6.0 assists per game during the tournament, committing just a pair of turnovers over the two games
ABOUT UCLA
» Mick Cronin is in his seventh season as the head coach at UCLA
» Cronin has guided 15 teams to NCAA Tournament bids, including in 4-of-7 seasons in Westwood
» The Bruins enter Wednesday's contest with a 5-2 record, receiving votes in both the Associated Press Top-25 and USA Today Coaches Poll
» Wednesday's game will be UCLA's first true road game of the season
» The Bruins are coming off of an 80-72 loss to Cal on Tuesday at Chase Center, home of the Golden State Warriors
» UCLA owns the fourth-best scoring defense in the Big Ten, allowing opponents to score an average of 63.1 points per game, ranking 20th in the nation
» Senior forward Tyler Bilodeau leads a group of six players averaging double figure scoring, coming in at 14.8 points per game
» 2024-25 Mountain West Player of the Year Donovan Dent is averaging 6.7 assists per game to lead the Bruins and rank third in the Big Ten
» Juniors Eric Dailey Jr. and Xavier Booker pace UCLA at 5.5 and 5.4 rebounds per game, respectively
SERIES HISTORY - UCLA
» UCLA leads the all-time series with Washington 110-44, icluding 39-35 in Seattle
» Washington snapped a nine-game losing streak to UCLA in 2024 with a 94-77 victory at Alaska Airlines Arena
» Since 2010, Washington is 8-20 against the Bruins
OPENING UP
» Washington is 12-14 in conference openers, including 3-7 over the last 10
» The Huskies have opened conference play with a loss in six-straight seasons
» UW last opened league play with a win in 2018-19, an 85-67 home win over Washington state
» In its history, Washington has played 29 conference games in the month of December, posting an 11-18 record in those games
BREAK OUT THE WINDEX
» The Huskies have outrebounded six of their first seven opponents this season, despite playing without leading rebounder Hannes Steinbach for the last three games
» UW ranks fourth in the Big Ten in rebounds per game and third in offensive rebounds per game
» UW's 43.67 rebounds per game rank 21st in the nation
CAN'T CATCH A BREAK
» Through seven games, five different UW players have combined to miss 24 games due to injury
» Washington has implemented five different starting lineups this season
OUR STATE
» Washington picked up its third straight win over Washington State on Friday, defeating the Cougars 81-69 for a second consecutive win in Pullman
» UW improved to 11-2 in its last 13 games against in-state teams duringnon-conference play
» Wesley Yates III scored 26 points, the most by a Husky this season
» Yates knocked down four three pointers, tying the season-high for UW, and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds
» Making his first start of 2025-26, Zoom Diallo tied his career-high with 20 points
» Hannes Steinbach secured his third straight double double, grabbing 13 rebounds and adding 14 points
LIKE CLOCKWORK
» Hannes Steinbach is the first Husky to record a double double in three straight games since Keion Brooks Jr. during the 2022-23 season
» Steinbach is one of 65 players in the nation with three or more double doubles, one of eight in the Big Ten
LETTING IT FLY
» Quimari Peterson is fourth in the Big Ten with 53 total three point attempts
» The senior has attempted at least seven shots behind the arc in 6-of-7 of UW's games
» Peterson has knocked down at least three threes in 5-of-7 games
» As a team, UW has attempted at least 20 threes in 5-of-7 games
» The Huskies have launched 25 three pointers twice this season, a mark reached just twice during the entire 2024-25 season
EVERYBODY EATS
» A full-team effort led Washington to a 2-0 start with an 84-70 win over Denver
» Seven Huskies scored in double figures for the first time since 2010, when UW defeated Long Beach State 102-75 in Seattle
» Hannes Steinbach led the Dawgs with 13 points and 16 rebounds, becoming the first Husky freshman to post a double double since Isiah Stewart in 2019-20
» Wesley Yates III matched Steinbach to lead UW in scoring with 13 points, knocking down 6-of-7 two-point attempts
» Bryson Tucker converted a career-high three three pointers, while Quimari Peterson also sunk three attempts from behind the arc
» UW assisted on 19-of-33 field goals, led by JJ Mandaquit's seven assists
STATEMENT START
» Washington opened the 2025-26 season with a 94-50 victory over UAPB
» It was UW's first 40+ point victory since 2017, when the Huskies defeated Bethune-Cookman by 51, 106-55
» The victory marked Washington's first 40+ point win in a season opener since 2007 and UW's 44-point margin of victory was its largest in an opener since defeating Morgan State 118-51 (67 points) on Nov. 13, 2005
» Monday's win was UW's fourth-straight to open a season
» A year after opening the season with just two makes from three, the Huskies knocked down 10 makes from behind the arc, led by four from Quimari Peterson
» UW held UAPB to a .254 field goal percentage, the worst shooting performance by a Husky opponent since USC shot .200 from the field on Jan. 2, 2020
» True freshman Hannes Steinbach led the Huskies in his college debut with 21 on 9-of-11 shooting, adding seven rebounds
» In his first-ever college start, Bryson Tucker posted his first career double double with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds
» Point guard JJ Mandaquit dished out eight assists in his college debut
BAND'S BACK TOGETHER
» 2025-26 sees the return of a pair of former Huskies in cousins Wesley Yates III and Quincy Pondexter
» A top-40 recruit out of high school, Yates signed with UW ahead of the 2023-24 season, sitting out the campaign due to injury
» Yates, who played last season at USC, was one of the Big Ten's top scorers during conference play with averages of 17.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists
» Pondexter, a three-year assistant at UW, spent the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach for Yates and the Trojans, returning to his alma mater this summer
» An eight-year NBA veteran, Pondexter was an All-Pac-10 and Honorable Mention All-American for the Dawgs, ranking fifth all-time in scoring
» Pondexter led Washington to the 2009 Pac-10 Regular Season Championship and the 2010 Pac-10 Tournament Title, the latter of which he captured with fellow UW staffer Abdul Gaddy
NEW LOOK DAWGS
» Washington returns just two players from the 2024-25 roster in Zoom Diallo and Franck Kepnang
» Diallo appeared in all 31 games, including 22 starts and ranked second among all Huskies in points (11.2) and assists (3.1) per game during Big Ten play
» Kepnang missed a string of 17 games due to injury, starting the final eight contests of the season
PORTAL HOPPING
» UW revamped its roster with one of the most heralded transfer classes in the nation, ranking as the No. 3 class by On3.com
» Three of UW's transfers are ranked in the top-100 in the class, including two inside the top-30 in Wesley Yates III (24th, 247Sports) and Desmond Claude (29th, On3.com)
» Claude and Yates were the two leading scorers at Big Ten foe USC a season ago
» Quimari Peterson was ranked at No. 73 in the class by 247Sports
» Washington's transfer class was ranked No. 8 in the nation by HoopsHQ, while ESPN rated UW as the No. 5 team that added the most talent in the transfer portal
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
» The Dawgs also bolstered its squad with a nationally heralded freshman recruiting class
» UW's class was ranked as the 15th-best in the nation by 247Sports, the top class in the Big Ten
» UW's class was also ranked No. 21 by On3 and No. 25 by ESPN
» Per 247Sports, Washington added four four-star true freshmen
» Hannes Steinbach was rated as UW's top-signee with a rating of 97, but was not included in 247Sports' national player rankings
» JJ Mandaquit was ranked as the No. 74 player in the class, the No. 10 PG
» Jasir Rencher was ranked as the No. 90 player in the class, the No. 24 SF
» Courtland Muldrew was ranked as the No. 103 player in the class, the No. 18 SG
» Mady Traore was rated as a three-star, the No. 5 ranked JUCO player in the nation
CREAM OF THE CROP
» Washington is one of three teams in the nation featuring multiple players that were named their conference's player of the year, joining Big Ten rival Iowa and Kansas State
» Quimari Peterson reeled in Southern Conference Player of the Year Laurels, leading the conference in points, points per game, field goals, steals, steals per game and three-point field goal percentage
» The 6-1 guard was named a Finalist for the 2025 Lou Henson Award
» Peterson reached double-figure scoring in 31-of-32 games, including 15 20+ point outings
» Jacob Ognacevic was tabbed the ASUN Player of the Year after leading the league and ranking 19th in the nation in scoring at 20.0 points per game
» Ognacevic was efficient too, shooting 57.5 percent from the field, the 25th best average in the country
» The Wisconsin native also pulled down 8.0 rebounds per game, 4th in the ASUN
» Ognacevic will be sidelined indefinitely with a foot injury sustained during the preseason
TAKING THE WORLD STAGE
» A pair of freshman Huskies battled it out on the world stage this summer at the 2025 FIBA U19 World Cup as JJ Mandaquit and Hannes Steinbach battled it out in the Gold Medal game
» Mandaquit and Team USA captured the Gold, with the Hawaii native averaging 5.4 assists per game, 12.8 per 40 minutes
» In the Gold Medal game, Mandaquit led Team USA with six assists, adding seven points on 3-of-4 shooting
» The McDonald's All-America nominee shot 44.4 percent from the field, including 6-of-10 from behind the arc, knocking down all 13 free throw attempts
» Steinbach was one of the standouts of the tournament, leading Germany to Silver and earning All-Star Five honors
» The Würzburg native scored 17.4 points per game, the eight highest average of the tournament
» Steinbach pulled down 13.0 rebounds per game, second most at the World Cup
» Steinbach finished with four double doubles over seven games, including 19 points and 19 rebounds in the opener against Slovenia
» Against Serbia in the Round of 16, Steinbach dropped in seven field goals and nine free throws for 23 points, while reeling in 19 boards
DEUTSCH CONNECTION
» Hannes Steinbach is the latest in a German pipeline to Montlake
» Christian Welp, a native of Delmenhorst, West Germany, is UW's all-time leading scorer with 2,073 points
» Welp was a three-time All-Pac-10 selection ('85, '86, '87)
» Welp was named the 1984 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year and 1986 Pac-10 Player of the Year
» Welp was drafted No. 16 overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1987 NBA Draft
» Welp played three seasons between the 76ers, San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors before seeing his NBA career cut short due to injury
» A teammate of Welp's for two seasons, Detlef Schrempf moved to Centralia, Washington, from Leverkusen, West Germany, for one season before joining the Huskies
» Schrempf ranks 18th all-time in scoring at Washington with 1,449 points
» Schrempf was a two-time First Team All-Pac-10 honoree ('84, '85)
» Schrempf was named a Third Team All-American by the NABC in 1985
» Schrempf was drafted No. 8 overall in the 1985 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks
» Schrempf enjoyed a 17-year NBA career with the Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Seattle Supersonics and Portland Trailblazers
» Schrempf earned three NBA All-Star selections ('93, '95, '97), was tabbed Third Team All-NBA in 1995 and won back-to-back Sixth Man of the Year Awards in 1991 and 1992
» Welp and Schrempf won back-to-back Pac-10 Championships with the Huskies in 1984 and 1985
» Schrempf was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 1995, while Welp followed in 2001
» Washington recently announced that Welp and Schrempf's jersey numbers will be retired on Jan. 11 and Feb. 28, respectively
MONTLAKE MAGIC
» Over the last 20 seasons, Washington is 242-95 (.718) at Alaska Airlines Arena
» The Huskies have posted a winning record at home in 17 of those 20 seasons, registering double-digit home wins 16 times
» UW has posted at least a .600 home record in 13 of the past 20 seasons
» Washington has won at least 80% of its home games eight times over the last 20 seasons, including 90% or more three times
SPRINKLE ON TOP
» Danny Sprinkle has led his team to 25 or more wins in three of the last four seasons, guiding three-consecutive teams to NCAA Tournament appearancesbetween Utah State and Montana State
» Sprinkle has twice been named his conferences coach of the year, earning the 2023-24 honor from the Mountain West and 2021-22 award from the Big Sky
» Sprinkle led Utah State to its first NCAA Tournament win since 2001
» Montana State's ninth-leading scorer all-time, Sprinkle led his alma mater to its first NCAA Tournament bid since 1996 (2022 & 2023)
» An MSU Hall of Fame inductee in 2021, Sprinkle led the Bobcats to consecutive 25+ win seasons for the first time since 1927-29
Meant for Montlake is officially live! Catch the first five episodes of this deep dive podcast into the serendipitous, intertwining stories that brought this season's Washington team together. Brought to you by the voice of the Huskies, Tony Castricone, and presented by Colburn Law, Meant for Montlake is available at GoHuskies.com/MeantForMontlake or wherever you get your podcasts.
Follow @UW_MBB on X/Twitter and Instagram for the latest updates on Husky basketball.
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